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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Quoting or not quoting?
Hi. When you say that someone said something simple like "He said XXX is important in a person's life" or "He indicated XXX is important is a person's life", and what is said is not in quotes, does that mean that what he said is a paraphrase of some sort. Let us assume the letters "XXX" meant some word like "love." (I am not sure I asked correctly to reflect what I wanted to say.)
To me, it is very likely that what comes after the word "said" is what he said word for word. I think if something is written word for word (per verbatim) then it should be in quotes, no matter how short or simple the content is. (Again, I am not sure I wrote what I want to say correctly.)
To me, it is very likely that what comes after the word "said" is what he said word for word. I think if something is written word for word (per verbatim) then it should be in quotes, no matter how short or simple the content is. (Again, I am not sure I wrote what I want to say correctly.)
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If there are no quotation marks, there is no suggestion that the reported statement is verbatim; if there are quotation marks, the presumption is that it is an accurate quote.
- If there are no quotation marks, there is no suggestion that the reported statement is verbatim; if there are quotation marks, the presumption is that it is an accurate quote.
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If there are no quotation marks, there is no suggestion that the reported statement is verbatim; if there are quotation marks, the presumption is that it is an accurate quote.
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